Window.



. HAUSER.

WINDOW` APPLIGATIGN FILED JAN. e. 1914.

Patented Get. 20, 1914.

Francisco, in the county of San Francisco .sides of the sash to be readily cleaned from ,within the frame, as required. Said bar 8 is UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

.FREDERICK HAUSER, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

WINDOW.

1,114,260, u Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 0013.20 1914.

' Application led January 6, 1914. Serial N o. 810,543. f

To all whom it may concern y Be 1t known that I, FREDERICK HAUSER, a citizen of the United States. residing at San and 'State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Windows, of which the following is a speciiication.

' One object of the present invention is to provide means for so securing window sashes in window -frames that they can be swung horizontally and reversed toy permit both the inside of the room.

A further object is to provide suchl fastening means which will be simple and inexpensive, and which can be readily secured in place by a carpenter having no `special skill or experience.

A further object is to provide such .fastening means which .can readily be adapted, tothe usual slidable window` sashes, to voonvert them into swinging reversible sashes.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical section of a' window, the lower sash being open; Fig. 2 is a similar view' looking from the side opposite to that in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical section ofthe window, bothsashes being closed; Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is an enlarged section, showing the connection of a sash with a slidable block; Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section through a slotted plate; Fig. 7 is a broken side view of a modified form of window frame member.

Referring to the drawing, l indicates the pulleyr stile of an ordinary window frame of which the parting bead has been removed from the groove 2 thereof., In the groove 2 of each pulley stile can slide a met-..1 block 3 having preferably rounded or tapering ends. Into a threaded hole in said block is screwed a screw 4, which gasses through a plate 6, secured by screws to a flat bar-8, the head of said screw being received in the top of a groove 9 in the outer surface of the adjacent side rail 11 of the window sash 12, and being held against movement through said plate 6 by lock nuts 13, 14, one on each side of 'said plate 6. By removing the slide blocks from the grooves 2 and screwing or unscrewing said slide blocks upon the screws 4 the sash may be made tighter or looser secured by screws 16 in a recess or mortised ortion of the side rail 11 of the sash, and lts upper portion is preferably wlder than its lower, and has a long slot/.1g in which can slide a screw 18, passing through an'end of a linlr 19, the inner end of the screw 18 being riveted to a bow'spring 2l, near one end,

the other end of the spring having a rivetv 22 passing therethrough and also through the slot 17 to form a guide'. [Phe ends of said spring 21 bear agairnsttlie under .side ofi the flat bar 8 and creatgehsuiiicient friction thereagamst, to prevent the window sash which also passes through agplate 28, and is then screwedinto a stationary block 29 in the groove 2, and is also screwed into the gulle stile 1 at the bottom of said groove 2,

aid lock is additionally secured by screws 31 extending through holes in its ends and screwed into said pulley stile at the bottom of said groove. Said plate 28 is also secured by screws 32 to said pulley stile on opposite sides-of said groove. 'By this construction it results` that if there is sufficient friction caused by .trictional engagement of the spring 18 .with the slotted bar 5, said window sash will remain in any position to which it has been opened, notwithstanding that there is no direct support for said window sash.` It is also evident that the top of the window sash can be lowered to a point not much higher than the pivots or screws 27, the bottom of the .window sash then'extendingupwardly to a much greater height than thetop, so that said window sash is almost entirely reversed and thus can be readily cleaned from the inside.

The inner edge of the slotted plate or bar 8 extends slightly inward, beyond the inner face of the sash rail, and I provide an inner ,stop 34 for said sash rail having in its outer face a groove 36 to receive said inwardly projecting edge of the slotted bar 8. Said bar, extending inwardly into said grooved portion of the window stop, forms a very complete closure for excluding moisture and drafts from the interior of theroom.

In the referred form of my invention,

vthat is, w en making an entirely new window in accordance with my invention,v l place one sash immediately over the other, and in that case the grooves 2 extend from llfl top to bottom of the window in a straight line. But "when it is desired to reconstruct in accordance' with my invention a window of the old style, in which the lower sash is not immediately below the upper sash, I may block up, as shown at 87 in Fig. 7, the grooves 2 opposite the juncture of theupper and lower sash, and then continue, as shown at 38, the lower part of said grooves 2 in a direction curved inwardly and upwardly, thus allowino* the top of the lower sash, when in its C osed position, to be at the inner side of the bottom of the upper sash. In this case, the pivots 27 for the arms 24 will not be in the grooves Q, but to the in- -ner side thereof, so that the lower part of said grooves 2 will be visible from the outside of the window.

Iy claim l. A reversible Window having a longitudinally grooved side frame member, a sash having a longitudinally grooved part adjacent to the side frame member, a block pivoted thereto and slidable in the first-named groove, an arm pivoted at one end tosaid 3 member, an element riotionally slidable in said second-maimed groove, and a link pivotally connected at lts ends to said slidable element and arm respectively. 2. A reversible window having a longitudinally grooved side frame member, a sash, a block pivoted to said sash and slidable in said first-named groove, an arm pivoted at one end to said member, and a link pivoted to one of said elements, the sash and arm, and having afriotional slidable engagement. with the other element. v

3. A reversible window having longitudinally grooved side frame members,A a sash having longitudinally grooved parts adjacent to the side frame members, blocks pivoted thereto and slidable in the first-named grooves, arms each pivoted at one end to said members, elements' frietionally slidable in said second-named grooves, and links.piv'

otally connected at their ends to said slidable elements and arms respectively.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK HAUSER. Witnesses:

FRANCIS M. WRIGHT, D. B. RICHARDS 

